Tray or waiter



Patented Dec. l3, I898. S R. H MCLEAN TRAY UR WAITER.

(Application filed Sept. 22, 1898.)

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SALLIE It. IIART MOLEAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TRAY OR WAITER.

-' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,734, datedDecember 13, 1898.

I Application filed $eptemher 22, 1898. Serial No- 691,588. (No modelJTo all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SALLIE R. HART Mo- LEAN,.a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Ham- 'ilton andState of Ohio, have invented certain ience in placing or removing thedishes.

Referring to the drawings, in which. like parts are indicated by similarreference-letters, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a waiterembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same with theupper tray detached.

Centrally secured to the lower tray A is a rack O, which consists offour standards 0, similar to the standards a, which support shelves 0,upon which dishes containing food are to be placed. Both ends of thestandards 0 are bent back to form feet 0 the lower ones to be screwed orriveted to the tray A, the upper ones to form rests or supports for thetray 13, upon which the tableware-such as knives, forks, &c.-is to beplaced.

The lower tray A, which is to receive the smaller dishes-such as butt r,salad, &c. has secured at its corners standards a, made in the shape ofangle-irons, the lower ends of which have one log a bent at an angle toform a foot, through which passes a screw or rivet a to secure it to thetray A, and the other leg a out off straight and secured by a screw orrivet a to theupturned edge a of the tray.. At the upper ends of thestandards both legs are bent back to form flanges a, to which ahandle a(shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1) may be secured.

The inner legs a of the standards are notched at a to form guides orways to receive the upper tray B, to keep the dishes from slidin g offof which when filled side bars a (shown in dotted lines Fig. 1) may besecured to the upper ends vof the standards.

It is customary in hotels to save the untouched remnants of meals 'forthe servants; but in clearing off a table these are often spoiled forsuch use by being mixed with crumbs, &0., in placing everything upon onewaiter. With my tray aftera meal the dishes containing the remnants ofit are placed in the rack, the butter, &c., 011 the lower tray, thesoiled dishes upon the other tray, and then the latter is slid intoposition over the lower tray. In passing the place for collecting theremnants of food the trays are detached, the lower one left at thatpoint, and the upper one, containing the soiled dishes, is carried on tothe dishwasher.

It is obviousthat many more mechanical changes may be made in myinvention Without departing from the spirit or scope thereof. Hence I donot limit myself to the specific details shown.

What I claim is 1. In a-waiter the combination of the detachably-coupledtrays, and the rack secured to one and supporting the other of saidtrays, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a waiter the combination of thelower tray having standards securedthereto, ways SALLIE R. HART MOLEAN.

Witnesses:

WALTER F. MURRAY, EMMA LYFORD.

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